Travel Blogs from Liberia

... time, well, the delay was for the tourist tax I had to pay! I made the 230pm ferry so not bad 3.5 hours from leaving Liberia to boarding the Ferry to Ometepe. If one is thinking about visiting Costa Rica I would strongly urge you to avoid the capital. ...

... they get run over. Because of the heat, we decided to find accommodation at lunch time and settled in the El Bramadero Hotel in Liberia, Costa Rica. The first thing we did after Des brought both bikes into the Hotel complex, was to go for a swim in the ...

Saturday, Buddy, Keeley and myself decided to go see more of the Liberian countryside again. This time we wanted to hike up this mountain near a town called Foya-tengia, about 45 minutes from the SP Sub-office. Hopefully this trip wasn't going to give us ...

... and waited at the airport and then got on the plane about 6:00am. The plane flew first to Calgary and then on to Liberia. The flight was long. We arrived in Liberia about 5:00 in the afternoon. there is a good site for travellers out of ...

... many bad people out der from da war dat have to be brought to justice. She'll find dem eventually."
I'm in Liberia for two weeks working for God's Kids with some of the thousands of orphans that are the product of war. ...

... here on the way down to San Jose. Passing through the Costa Rica border from Nicaragua was pretty straight forward and I arrived in Liberia around 5pm. There didn´t seem to be much to the place really. Costa Rica is the most developed country in central ...

So yet another week has gone by in Bo, and finally we have internet again, so here's what's been happening.
Our garden was eaten by goats. Well, just the corn, but it's still pretty frustrating. We're not sure who the goats belong to, but ...

... drinks and great pizza, then called it a night. Mike thought there was a monster in our room...
Now we are finally in Liberia, probably our last stop in Costa Rica before we head on to Nicaragua. Today was mostly bus rides, but during our lunch Mike ...

... epsiode of Jersey Shore and finding out what the Situation was). Next day, we got up pretty early and checked out central LIberia. Their main square posibly has more benches than the population of the town. Went to the supermarket and rhys now indulged ...

Wanting to escape the hassle and hussle of the big city I decided to light out for Liberia a northern town in Costa Rica and jumping off point for various beaches rainforests as well as the Nicaraguan border. Peaceful cobbled streets and a pleasant ...

... of Foya, in Lofa County where I'll be until the end of August. Lofa County is considered to be the bread basket of Liberia. The country is very beautiful here and there is a large amount of farmers who live in this area. This is also an ...

... Costa Rica. The dryness of the fields and pastures was obvious and the vegetation was much less dense. We had lunch in Liberia at another open-air restaurant, with a buffet of traditional foods such as rice and beans, fresh tropical fruits, plantain ...

After a 4 hour flight, we arrived at the Liberia International Airport. Wow!!! It is not very big. Really just one larger room / terminal. Customs was easy and our driver Oscar was waiting for us. It all went so smoothly we ...

A synopsis of the basic tenets from my Treatise on Travel What follows is an attempt at providing a jumping off point for individuals to understand rules, travel and how they can combine the two with great results. What I propose here I know is ...

... it as they have more chickens than I do, which is true.
On July 26th, we had off work because it was Liberia's Independence Day. Buddy, myself, and Keeley (a Canadian expat working in HIV/Aids education) decided to take a road trip to Mt. ...

This week I finally managed to get together with the friends that attend the congregation of LESCO (Costa Rican Sign Language) in Liberia, which is a 2 hour bus ride from Nicoya. I met up with a missionary couple and another couple that are serving ...

Monday October 8th, 2007
We arose at 7:30 from our "hotel" in Bo at the Countryside Inn. We all slept poorly since the beds were uncomfortable. The old mattresses were covered by paper thin sheets and each of our beds had a dirty old small woven blanket ...

... when it involved the goats. I think there were like 20 takes of a man saying, "Thank you for the goat!"
While I'm in Liberia I will be working with the water and sanitation programs. I leave a week from today, so next Thursday, to go to the town of ...

Aminah is the first overland truck to travel through Liberia, and didn't we know it!! Most locals would stare with mouths open as we drove past, not sure if they should smile or wave at the white people in the big blue truck!? Most of the time ...

Everyone should Scuba Dive, simple. I am going to attempt something I rarely try, and often leave to the odd birthday card or roses are red situation, because the experience deserves something more than idle chit chat, wish me luck... Underneath this ...

This blog entry is a special ode to our friend Ali who could not make the trip due to illness. We sincerely missed her kindness and humour in person, but wanted to make it a part of our trip. We can sincerely say we have not missed a day of thinking ...

... was a decent trip. It was nice to see a different part of West Africa, but it was also very nice to return to Liberia.
I've really enjoyed my internship here in Liberia. I believe I have only 6 weeks left in country before I return to ...

... #1 highway significantly in that time, and it's gone from bad to extremely bad in that time. Construction starts at Canas to Liberia (and beyond, probably, but we've not been north). I am totally unfamiliar with this method of road engineering, and I am ...

... on the highways. Ticos are very mobile people. You always see people going from major city to major city, Puntarenas to Liberia, San Jose to Puntarenas, Puntarenas to Monteverde....etc. very regularly. They work in these cities and regress to their own ...

Curubande- Bubbling Mud Pits We decided to head back up North to a beautiful campsite that Christina and I stayed at our first night in Costa Rica. The campsite/hotel El Sol Verde is located 20 minutes outside of Rincon de la Vieja National Park and it ...

... days and leave for Ghana on the 9th for a little R&R and then off to Bopalu for the remainder of my time in Liberia.
I've really enjoyed my time here. The people I've worked with have been great and the villages where I've worked have ...